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Sperman GTmmfy inum ai
Seventy Third Year No. 25
Moro. Oregon Friday
April 21, 1961
Charles Burnet Wins Soil
These
T h in g s Conservation Honor for 1961
We
Note
County Official Paper
Mrs. Frank Reid
Assessor Says
Wins Club Dress
Valuations Up
Contest for Adults
All Over State
Mrs. Frank Reid won the state
The assessed valuation of Sher
contest held in Portland last
man County has been Increased
Friday for design and sewing the
to a ratio of 25 i>er cent of the
beat dress for a club woman's
true cash or appraised value for
wardrobe. The Oregon Federated
the 1961 tax roll reported Clair
W omans' Clubs was sponsor of
Ilalzer, County Assessor.
the contest which will now move
Giles L. French
This Increase is a result of leg
to the national scene Should Mrs
islation passed during the 1959
The city m anager of The Dalles
Reid win there she will get a
legislative session and applies to
followed the Wasco County as
three week fashion tour of Eu
all counties in the State.
sessor in stating that he was not
rope for tw’o. The second place
Last year Sherm an County had
responsible for high taxes. N eith
w inner will get $509 and a trip to
•i 29 jx?r cent ratio, so the increase
er is. The people are responsible
the Miami convention of w om an’s
will am ount to a 25 per cent
for high taxes and have to pay
clubs. Judging for the national
increase in the assessed valuation
them because they are too ineit
pirze will be done by colored
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t
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of
the county.
However,
the ...
in-
to protest.
slides.
\ leader in Oregon agriculture
...
.
crease will result in lower m ill
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Also w inning was Patty Miller, ^or nearly half a century, Frank age rates for the various taxing
W hen we see pictures of all
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Merle E Ballard, will re tire on his 79th
units and taxes on any given
th e bushy haired women, that is
Miller, who was second to the birthday May 8 as associate di-
property should l»e the same as
the style in women these days,
girls w inner. She won the con-
of the Oregon State cooper- last year.
we are reminded of a bald headed
test to represent the F ourth dis- a Rve extension service,
Taxes will increase only if th<?
girl we took to a party once upon
trlct and took her dress to Port-
Under his direction, the OSC
various budgets are raised over
a tim e in the long, long ago. She
land Friday for the contest. H er extension service has achieved
last year, or if an individual
had fallen into a fireplace when
dress was a suitable dress for notable success in long-range ag-
makes im provem ents on his pro
a small child and the hack of her
high school girls to w ear on many rlcultural planning with rural
perty, or in case of Personal P ro
head was burned leaving only a
occasions. She is a sophomore.
leaders.
perty, buys new or nore equip-
fringe of hair along the front
Mrs. Reid’s dress was a toast
In 1924, the year after Ballard
t
h
livestock on
which to tie down the front of
colored linen suit worn w ith i was named county agent leader hand la n n a rv i
thi v »>,r
h er wig.
bone shade blouse to match the for the state, he spearheaded ' in th e f itv «f W
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suit lining and a coat of wool statew ide conference for farm ers,
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The old tim er says th ere's only
plaid in m atching colors. Suitable business leaders and others to
in e re L e d 'a n ^ d d iU o n a l 6%
one coat difference between a
accessories went with the outfit, determ ine goals for Oregon ag-
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cold spring and a w arm one.
P atty MUIer-. <lr«3 was a sim ple £«'<«>•>• « • nuteome was that
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district depreciation allowed at
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gingham one but well made and the whole farm economy was
A revolution from the right i;
well fitted.
keyed to consider m arket posse the time of reappraisal in 1958.
T h e B urnet farm stead
w ith ties in a w ide bottom in G rass fi ult trees of an
This depreciation was a tem p
certainly less appalling than one
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bllities
as well as production
w h ite fen ces and red barns ne,» V alley canyon
from the left.
orary m easure, applied only to
w ith som e old
Clyde Beard To
This resulted in many new en- the City of Wasco, and was
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The foreign observer noted
im plem ents are different from
terprises. Even more im portant br,’ught
‘,a it ‘Jy tbe 1088
that early
ea rlv conference
confpr^nn» established
l m ., ..... ° ' the h o te l- I)lus o th er factors,
th at shaking hands made Ameri
those used normally. The plow Talk Her© Sunday
can men feel happy because he
which at this tim e are no longer
the spring-tooth, the narrow , the
Clyde Beard, The Dalles High the philosophy of Oregon’s exten
present.
had never seen a picture of a
regular
drill,
have
to
he
discard
„.
.
,
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School principal, will be guest sl°n service—finding out w hat
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glum man shaking hands.
Wasco
will po
possibly
ed and new equipm ent bought. apeaker for
church fa|n|ly Jay the ,arm era
a ,„,
. T Taxes
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« « » wll
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. ' t r t .1 ? conslanl bJttle w lth program . Sunday. April 23 at the then giving It to them.
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' hl|iher th,ln ley were
last year.
F rank Lawrence observes in a
cheat that no implement seems Moro P reshyterlan church
printing magazine “Never try to
to conquer .v, as .1 well
plow
Final levies cannot l>e deter
Thon
1 1 us 3 a V‘
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A P°6uck dinner will be shared
kill time; time can stand it long
mined until all budgets are Ap
Then, too, the yields are «-Worn immediately
following
church Women Host To
er than you can.”
proved and the total valuation
as good although the yields gap MrvlMa
Mr „ t.ard w ||| b
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of the county is figured. Until
is being reduced as men learn , he , f , erullnner speaker He save Visiting President
We can imagine a person eating
this Is done, taxes for thia fall
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n ew
ln " Of V 'eryn n e e ls e Is talking about
one smelt if sufficient hunger
Tw enty five memlx*rs of the cannot l>e determ ined.
Th-.»
io
i
ii
.u
“Outer
Space”,
so
his
them
e
will
sailed him but we think that a
The tru e cash o r appraised
.
u ? „ hy. nearly 011 these lx- "In n er Space ”
American Legion A uxiliary had
hundred
sm elt Is a diet for a
trashy fallow farm ers are a so rt
Mr lu_.ald
well known ,n dinner Tuesday evening w ith value of property has not been
shark.
of dedicated group, idealists who this" co*mm unitv tor ’nl«*'thought" Mrtl Maxlne Blgalow of Medford, changed, only the assessed value
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forego some of the ease and pro- provoking and often w itty speech slale Prea,dent o f that order and La»t year on the 29 per cent re
fits of the present in order to ta The church Is fortunate to o l.- Mrs Eve,yn Kenny, district pre- ll°- [he assessed value was multi-
The legislature is doing a good
sident of The Dalles at the Moro P,Jed by 5 to find the appraised
retain for their descendants the taln hlm hls thLs progr
as
job of beating bills, w’hich is the
assurance of good land to farm h(. ls in much demand as a Hotel. There were four m em bers vaJut>- this year m ultiply by 4.
indication of a good legislature.
It. this spring when most fields gpeaker. All who would
like to Present froni the Kpnt auxiliary
Members collectively cannot be
are marked with deep ditches atten(, are jnvlte(, to Jo,n , thJs and eight from the Wasco auxlll- FFA To Host
C h arles and A lth ea B u rn et be- Ionise w hich is the
blamed for introduction of the
where fertile soil once lay, that Sunday afternoon service
a ry - vl8ltin« units.
crazy stuff th at too often occurs, h*re J h e ir «-oniplelt-ly rem odeled of the su ccessfu l farm en terp rise, idealism seems practical as well
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Units reported on their actlv- Parents Friday
but they can see that it doesn’t
and eventually necessary.
itiestor the year and th e ir plans
609
is
annually
ln
alternate
w'heat
by Doug Medler
Sherman Defeats
pass.
tor the rem ainder, and Mrs. Rig
and fallow, som ething over 200 in
The Sherm an FFA chapter will
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alow
talked
about
the
value
of
barley and some in alfalfa and Chemical Fallow
Condon In Meet
We wonder if Russia did actu
civil defense in case ‘his countrv hold its annual parent and son
grass. F orty purebred Angus
banquet at the high school April
ally send a man into space anJ
Sherm an won a dual *t rack meet Is bombed with atom ic weapons.
cows and their nigger-baby off To Be Shown
get him back. Also w hat does the
ra th e r Surv‘val is possible, ¿he says, ,f u L h i J m l
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with Condon last week
spring keep fat on the grass and
world look like from 189 miles
viienucai
iauow, a subject of
or nanm
iy the
tne score being
r>eing 79
79V4 o I,lans a ,e made liefore hand and ..
m which eh .»m J a"»! m **
Chemical fallow,
handily
spring
grow
th
of
the
ranch.
away?
research and dem onstration In 41H . Goddard of Condon and ?n underground room is equipped for the year are reviewed a m /th e
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On , U 1„B c “ »
C0Unty’
T h,unP™
<»' - » « d a y , o, cra.nped H vh«.
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It is interesting io watch a
Valley canyon some three miles * Tuesday APril 25 ln a tou r ell of Sherm an were best point
iftfto-iofl,
not allawl
1960-1961 urn
are I Installed.
political adm inistration w ork—
east of Moro w here the canyon conducted by the Extension Ser- makers,
Bill
Blatchford,
vice-president
and also a very expensive kind
Pole vault: Sherman County Club
W inners
were
widens out to make a 49 acre vice. Starting at 9:00 a. m. at the
o."
the
Oregon
Association
of F u
of entertainm ent.
w i
Courthouse, Moro, the group will S trutters, C. 8’ 6";
meadow
and
w
here
a
spring
fu
r
ture
Farm
ers
of
America,
will
be
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C h arles and
S tev e lik e tin*
To Meet Wednesday
nishes ample w ater for house- in.sjxK't research work on the Shot: Goddard C. 44’ 9 t t ”
the featured speaker. Blatchford
The president’s suggestion that black on es.
branch experim ent station, then Brd. Jum p: J. Fields S. 19’ 3% ”
The Sherman County Club will carries a project consisting of 12
unemployed be sent to school to ________ __________________ ______ hold needs and some irrigation
It was one of the first places move on to ranches ,n the Moro- H H urdles: Simmons C. 17.4
hold its next m eeting Wednc-- dairy cows, five acres of pasture
learn how
to work m ight be
Grass
Valley
area
to
view
chem-
Discus:
Mobley
S.
138’
11”
Charles Burnet will be acclaim- in the county chosen by a settler
day night, April 26, at the Mason- and one-half Interest In 15 acres
beneficial.
ed the conservation man of the A Frenchm an named G uillanJ ical fallow plots, roadside an I 190 yard: Thompson S. 10 2
lc hall in Moro with Beeto’s set v- °f wheat. Blatchford has serve 1
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dem onstrations. Resum- Javelin: Goddard C. 129’10”
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» . w . j « is that year for Sherm an County when ran stock from there first and fencerow
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Ing the dinner and being the
secretary and president of the
One economic
theory
st rates stim ulate bus,- the county wheat league m eets at John H arrington homesteaded it
\ ,2 . P " V * the Wasco 440 yard: Thompson S. 56.7
m eeting place at 6:30 for the 7:30 Hillsboro chap ter before becotn
low interest
æ ¡T
' “ include w inter I^ow H urdles: D. Rolfe S. 23.3
dinner.
Ing state vice-president.
ness recov /ery when it is sick Grass Valley the evening of M a/ for the same occupation. Many
5.
men
have
lived
on"
it
and
tried
fal,ow
results.
fencerow
trials 220 yard: Thom pson 24.2
Speaker will lie George Brooks,
A nother is th at high in terest
The choice was made by men all sorts of ways to m ake a liv- an<’ roa<^8ide plots ln the Wasco- 880 yard: Powell S. 2:17.2
according to Irving H art, pro Mrs. Mac Hall’s
rates stim ulate business by pro
who watch such things and real- ing on the bottom. Now it is used Hufus area ,nU?rt,"ted People will Mile: Powell 6. 5 4 7
gram chairm an. Mr. Brooks Is th*i
moting thrift.
ize the difficulty of the job of in conjunction with wheat land W8nt tO at,í,n,, one or
m o rr- Hl Jum p: Mobley A Fields 8 relocation engineer with the duty
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Mother Buried
tie at 5’ 4’’,
of changing highw ays and rail
It is a good policy for a na saving soil which this spring and its prosperous appearance ing 3,1,1 a^ternoon tours.
tlonal ad m in istratio n 'to keep the 8eems even more m andatory than indicates that it is the proper
IncIuded ln the «n ,u P
be Half Mile Relay: C. 1:45
The m other of Mrs. Mac Hall
roads because of changes mad i
OSC extension and research spe-
people so interested in foreign af- usual. Mr. Burnet larm s hls 1800 use.
necessary by the Jonn Day dam. dtod Tuesday
m orning In The
fa ir, (where (hey are usually “ r e , of tillable land by the
The house has oeen built over
Many of the problems of the dalles after a long Illness and
north end of the county will lx? funeral services were held Thura-
unitedi th an In domestic m a tte ., ,rash y fallow methotl and so sue- and green lawns surround It ano X X ? ,
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w
al“° ** GrUSS Valley
w here an adm inistration may be cessful!.v
'bat almost no d irt the big sw im m ing pool w here
11
Mr and Mrs W alter Koch of ,n dealing with these changes day m orning with interm ent in
O ,C „ y
“pen, ,
Mom,a,
change ,n r.,
"o- Odd Fellow , cem etery .here
weakest.
washed away from nis farm last tired farm er or entertaining farm
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w inter and that is an accomplish- wife can relax and young folks Auxiliary Hears
visiting Mrs. A von Borstel and tlon
Mrs. Ca herlne Bassett was boro
We are happy to
note that ,nent
can »ix?n<l an afternoon pleasur
. m,,h rra n k E ; r , i y e r ’
™
m
Mark Hatfield is going to get to
Usual Proce<1ure of farm ing ably. A patch of nose tickling Report on Girls State
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and Belen, Mona Eakin, Virginia Mrs. Hall are another daughter,
move the headquarters for w*el- (,n
Burnet ranch is to break m int grows beside the spring in
The Auxiliary of Chris Schultz
u dd r JoKePh ,ne ParkhurR*. Mrs. John Ollhousen of The Da,-
fare back to Salem. T hat is the dnwn the 8tubble in the fall us- such profusion as to furnish sea-
n
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Bever,y LutJe and 01,1 I)ooIln I™, her widower, Clarence Bas-
state capital.
in® a sort of cu tter like a pow er soning for all the juleps of Ken Post met Frlday afternoon In tht o . « ,
8Oclal room
roorri at
at the
the Moro
Moro Com
Coni- h o m e of Mr Y an
r , r<rp W*nt tO Warm s Prin «H Sunday sett, three sons, a sister and a
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ldwn mower.
Next spring the tucky. B am s and sheds
sheds are
are soclal
arC m
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and spent the day c h u r n in g and I,.other She was a member of
The world is close to having «round ls disked to .iet back the painted red w ith w hite trim 3 and
unity church.
district pre
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o
r, .
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picnicking.
the Presbyterian church and the
three billion inhabitant«; it had cheat lhat startH w i,h the first b,g trees shade the farm stead si(Jent Mrs Evelyn Kinney jf
. M.r . anJ u
(
Klchler
Mrs. A. A Dunlap had as over Rebekah lodge.
two billion in 1930 so we gained sign of sPring Then the land is I' is a place to come home to.
The Dalle* accompanied by her
50 percent in th irty years and gcnc over wilh a G raham-Hoeme
Both ( hark*
will gain the next billion in w"ich kills vegeta’ion again. A Burnet
totaled 3M
tw enty year. Nearly all of th e n Kkew treadei breaks up the stray/ time
180-230 lb.
are hungry, almost none are edu- o r toP and ,-l*courages the weeds Hls fa th e r........... .. , „,1IC v
cents high*
cated, few are free of disease or agaIn dfter which rod w eeders this century and m arried •. *h«.i
l“ e aux,“ a ry in Tne»r many h.H sundav to visit her at the
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even clean. Soon all of them w fl lake care of the
problem shee; and she was Althea Puwci! Phases of w ork- and urged the hospital
“* day at Tlrn^ r ,lne w ith er at $18 .75 to $19,.15. Several
be hungry, ill and dum b and may ^n je < le < l s i d i n g can lx* done daughter of Mr and Mrs
Ho J U, T l° rMCh qUOta n membe’-
Mr and Mrs. Ted Trim ble re- ¡.¡.‘r d a n d ’" ’
’
2 and ( hog, sold down
to $17.00 A large supply of wean*
consider the atomic bomb a blese
1 ’ but IJurnet' a conservative, Powell. T heir daughter Carol has ’ ’S'.
,
turned home last Tuesday from I’o itlan d .
Max Johnson of Arlee, Mont., er pigs met with good dem and
' n / u B u s t as finished college and is teaching
Edw anto-
W arm Springs w here they spent
was an overnight guest April 8 at $800 to $1600 a head, w ith
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WJ,ne 80,1 » s e r v e r s do.
school in Salem and th eir son S
f
1960’ gave a very
a week.
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bill light feeders up to $20.00. Heavy
An alcoholic is one who tries
Reason for such seeding is to -s ’eve, is a student at Oregon L iT 41*!* ,a<Ic ount of her lr ,P to
Bill Johnson left Tuesday April a?
Johnson
■owa brought $12.75 to $15.00
to solve his problems w ith alco- obtain a grow th of
grain big State He was a consistent win-
a? h i n
de egate ot H tor Montana taking t . hls sister
Mr.
and Mrs Ivan Blagg went with light sows up to $17.00.
hoi; a glutton is one who tries k* enough to prevent washing. His ner in club work.
«nit.
Ir ,aw Mr„ Max , lohnaon
ohnaon an(,
w
j
>
v
and to The Dalles T hursday w here
Good 400 to 550 lb. steers brut
settle them w ith food
There Septem ber seeding, h? says, doet
Charles Burnet has taken time
meefing
a( J°urnt? 1 daughter, Sheri, to their home ir. Mrs Blagg entered ’he hosDltai
$24
75 to $2760 w ith lighter
are many oth er w ay,.
that and is not as risky as July to serve his m m m u n R v He „ u ‘
®
" pre8“nl mad* Pa^ r Arlee, Montana. Sheri was In a for surgerv on Fr lay
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Oi A ugusl
,n any
vear r e tir in g f r ^ m w
,veterana
hospital in Portland since April
Mr and Mrs H
v
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. weights up to $28.00. Good COO to
7<X) lb. feeder steers $22 00 to $24,-
Hearings in the grain rate case deep furrow . 14 inen. drills art? o ' school board in e m tw r s h i/ an » i?
p h J l ” . ? ,OrU<,nd
durlng lhe 6 for medical attention Mr. John family wen* bualnes v is ito r s in
have opened in Portland and as
he was a fair b o a ™ m e m t o r
X
retu rn « 1 ho™ EBday A pril
ri
°
*" 00 with medium grades to $19.00.
riday April The Dalles T hursday
Good 400 to 500 Ih. heifers
usual Inland Em pire W aterw ays
T here is a total of 2200 acres of five years
f
Refreshm ents of lee cream, h
w
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Sharyl Blagg Is staying at the brought $22 75 to $25.00.
Goo.1
association is against the farm* land farm ed by Burnet belonging
T rashy fallow farm ing is an by our * *
Mr
and
Mrs
Bert
<
.
ox
left
Sa‘-
hem
e
of
Mr
and
Mrs
Bill
Todd
I^rMldent lin t
Nanmi
a >
L n
oi vir, <ind Mrs Hill
500 to 700 Ih. heifers down to
era
to him and hls m other. Of this expensive thing.
All the tillage VanGlldcr.
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l° V b‘l w h ,k h**r "»other, Mrs Ivan Bla g $19 00. Holstein heifers $18.00 o
1er mother, Mrs. C. H. Augee.
in the hospital.
$21.75,
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